On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

In addition to being symbols of peace and love, doves symbolize purity, hope, the Holy Spirit, devotion, and gentleness. These docile birds are known to be monogamous with their mates, for their ...

The symbol of the Holy Spirit that comes to mind the most is the dove (Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22, and John 1:32). Remarkably, the three persons of the Trinity come into view with the ...

The dove that descends upon Jesus during his baptism in all four Gospel accounts represents the Holy Spirit, as does its depiction in Christian iconography. In Hebrew, the word for Spirit is ruach ...

The depiction of the Holy Spirit as a dove comes from Genesis ... The blue represents her divinity, and is a symbol of heaven. The red represents the Earth, or blood, and is symbolic of humanity.

Isn’t the third Person of the Holy Trinity represented as a gentle dove (as in Jesus’ baptism ... and saw the goose as a fitting symbol for the Spirit. Well before Shakespeare wrote of the ...

Dove: The dove is a widely recognized symbol of purity and innocence. The dove also stands for the Holy Spirit, and is a reminder of the presence of God during the baptism of Jesus and hovering ...

This Friday, she’ll have the holy spirit in her hands serving as this year’s dove bearer in the annual Epiphany celebration. “It’s a symbolism but I truly believe the holy spirit does come ...

The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan, we are told that "the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove." ...

In 1377, fireworks accompanied a religious mystery play by the bishop’s palace in Vicenza, and were soon used to add sparks to figures of doves, representing the Holy Spirit, or angels ...